Iron & Wine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) 

That voice -- it's like a warm blanket wrapping your entire existence.

Great musican, great man, great beard.

His speaking voice is so beautiful. It kind of flows so even and it's soothing to listen to. I'd love to have him read my favourite book to me by a crackling fire.

0:48 Grace For Saints and Ramblers 6:21 Tree By The River 12:04 Low Light Buddy Of Mine 17:08 Lion's Mane

Lion's Mane, what a beautiful rendition!

I saw him at Shaky Knees and I was screaming "I love you" and he told me to drink water to prevent dehydration. I was not on anything. I just love him and his music so much.

Fantastic, thanks again for awesome live Performances, KEXP.

just met this guy. what a nice human. great performance right here

It took Sam 10 years to write Tree by the River. Man - what a perfect song. I love the last piece in particular - "Dark canyon road, I was coy in the half-moon; happy just to be with you, and you were happy for me. I think we have all been there.

we need more music like this..

He is genuinely so nice and humble. He doesn't try to be humble or unpretentious, he just is.

Hey Sam! Stop putting yourself down - "this or that wasn't so elegant" "that was sparse". All the way down here in tiny New Zealand you have been my favourite musician since I got my hands on a bootlegged copy of your most budget lo-fi unreleased home recordings in 2005. Everything you have produced is incredibly beautiful, from the most basic of acoustic guitar hushed melodies through to your masterfully arranged "symphonies". I saw you live in Wellington with a ten piece band back in 2008 and while it was one of the best live shows I've ever seen in my life, nothing can beat returning to your stripped back home recordings. Just you, me, and your guitar. I think this is when I'm most moved by your innate power as an artist.

This is a beautiful version of Lion's Mane

In the very last few seconds of the video, you can hear Sam thanking the radio host again. Such a humble guy.

Such an incredible talent! I love when it's just Sam and his guitar.

Ohh Sam Beam, your music will always have a place in my heart. The 4AD session he did a while back is my favourite, whenever I listen to it it brings me back to my time of solitude with the horses and animals in the Canadian wilderness. Very fond memories of a simpler time. Also countless hours of playtime on my Ipod backpacking through Southeast Asia, when I did not have too much music available to me...

I have literally watched every Iron and Wine, KEXP concert and I have loved every one of them!

I did not expect a beard! His regular voice is so gentle and it makes perfect sense. So is his singing.

One of those rare instances you can call a grown man with a beard "adorable" but he is so. & talented, which goes without saying. Glad to put a face to one of my favorite artists since last year.

This is the meaning of life.

Great, new discovery for me

The performance of these songs is so much better than the released albums. I wish Sam would keep closer to the intimate arrangements and skip the over production.. these are fantastic!

this version of "Grace for saints and ramblers" sounds so much better than the album version

When I die, I imagine the angels singing like in lions mane when he hits those high notes

Sam and Iron & Wine in general are amazing! I was pleasantly surprised with how jam band like they were live. It's been 2 long years since I've seen them and I really hope they tour around me again! One of my absolute favorite artists. Thanks for the video KEXP!

How eloquent his songs are even though he never raises his voice! Such a beautiful human being he is...~

The live version of grace for saints and ramblers is so fantastic

I love the warmth of his voice in those first two songs. It sounds a lot more natural than when he goes into that higher register. Of course, he never sounds bad.

what i love is on any of sams vids there will be comments from 2 months ago to 8 years ago or whenever it went up. A beautiful finger style guitarist and an amazing songwriter. Please come back to melbourne Aus, we miss ya

He is sooo good

Lion's Mane got me through many dead end jobs. Hit so hard home especially for what I was doing at the time. Juggling a busy life, love, and family. Love to hear a new spin on it.

he's such a soft spoken badass and those are my favorites.

Theres some soothing feeling about listening to his songs. I'm in love with this guy

I found him back in 2013 and still amazed by how he brings the intimacy and the pureness of his music alive and simply healing.

This is pure beauty in every sense.

dont know how many times I've watched this!!

brilliant and so tender

He was unreal at RedRocks last Thurs. He commanded the crowd's attention without even trying. Walked on. Played. Walked off. Well done good sir! Well done

Saw him live in Paris, France. He's such a down to earth dude

biggest star you hosted in the studio so far

Iron and Wine, Sam Beam, is something from the past for me,, maybe because I was trying to move on or somethiing, IDK why exactly, but after listening to a KEXP recording of another band I love, Iron & Wine popped up and I'm so glad it did. (The other band was Lavender Diamond ft. Becky Stark)

Outstanding! Thank you.

I agree with other comments here that Sam is so much better when he strips things down. Just him and his guitar is so much more intimate, and so much better than their produced studio equivalents. His thoughtfulness really shines through as a solo act, in much the same way that Kelly Joe Phelps is better with just his guitar. Less is more.

nossa, como eu passei tanto tempo sem conhecer essa banda? sensacional!!!

Love "Lionʻs Mane" at 17:00.... thank you!

he's amazing! thanks guys :D

Robin Pecknold and Sam Beam do collaboration. BOOM!

He has one of the most beautiful voices in music along with Damien Rice, Ray LaMontagne and Jose Gonzalez...

Thanks KEXP! Miss that time in my subjective musical experience, 2007, when so many great bands were appearing from out of nowhere with these magical folkish sounds. Felt like a link had been re-connected. While many of them seem to have fizzled with age, or cultural forces of voracious cruelty, Sam Beam is among those few whose music only gets better.

Semplicemente meraviglioso, perfetto. I love him

such a great album

wow this is amazing ! Love " Tree by the River " @6:20

beautiful

Sam is a wizard

just awesome

i wanna see him live so bad!!!!

Iron&wine number one

Very unique voice!!

Wonderful....!

Speechless

He has really really really nice laughters

Soothing :) thanks for the music

I'll have the man I will mary to listen to you, Sam. Your voice is mesmerizing and cozy.

He talks like Matthew Mcconaughey wants to sound in a Lincoln commercial

Classic voice.

Great music and Sam seems like one chill dude!

17:01 Lionʻs Mane... love!

loved it

Loved him in the "Hangover" series. _Please refrain from replying to this Comment._

"It all came down to you and I"

maestro.....

excellent video

Most Surprised By These Interpretations of 4 BLUES TRAVELERS Originals: Sadly I just found this band tonight (2019) & as a former fellow of H.O.R.D.E. tours & acoustic arts I instantly sunk my fangs in... Only to find another (talented) artist biting "LowHanginLyrics"

just nice... )) 11:56 is amazing... I feel...

"Wasn't as elegant"? I'll have you know, Mr. Beam, that "Tree by the river" is my all time favorite song by you and definitely one of the top 5 by anybody. So don't downplay your greatness. =)

Sam beam is one of the best artists around, don't know why he doesn't get noticed as much as he should

Awsome

very nice.

Another great NPR interviewer who is definitely not drunk. Good stuff.

Comments about his fantastic beard appear in 3...2...1... Always nice to hear him, by the way

Wow just so grating on my ears

I usually see people use the Shure SM7B but in this video I'm guessing he's using his own Blue Encore 300?

Big Like !

some of his songs i find amazingly boring and generic, and others i find absolutely amazing.

A men and a guitar… what a perfect couple

A flower among the weeds.

he loks like he belongs in the 1800s but hes super humble and amazing relaxing musican

He looks he can be in duck dynasty lol! but i love his music!

Samuel Beam sounding like James Taylor? “Lion’s Mane” is a classic track from his first album, “The Creek Drank the Cradle” (2002). Play it again (16:50) and rethink what you’ve just said. He improved loads on the original and delivered this refined version. It’s very generous of him to share his awe-inspiring music with us and he’s being genuinely modest when he said (6:02) the album “Kiss Each Other Clean” (2011) isn’t “quite as elegant” as “Ghost on Ghost” (2013). By the way, I don’t think Iron & Wine needs a 12 piece band, for Sam + acoustic guitar = perfect chemistry. When it comes to distinguished, brilliant musicians, bands are an unnecessary distraction. I hope he goes back to basics on his next albums. So there’s no way Sam Beam would ever sound like JT.

Very nice, but I like it much more with all the accompaniment he includes on the recordings.

does anybody know the chord progression for low light buddy of mine? can't figure out what cord he's playing after the c chord

tenks

Hey it's that dude from epic meal time.

I wanna marry his beard.

Imagine how much better he would sound if he was playing a Martin ...:)

Sam Beam!!!

the last one was thx shxt

Varg? Is that you?

Sam looks a little bit like Shay Carl :D

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